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A SMALL WHITE JADE FOUR JADE GUARDIAN FIGURES
‘COMPASS’ PENDANT EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220) Each jade piece depicts a standing male figure dressed in long robes
wearing a cap, two of which with carved facial features.
The pendant is carved in several tiers with a spoon on top
surmounting two rectangular blocks separated by a waist The tallest: 1Ω in. (4 cm.) high, box (4)
in between, above a short foot ring on the bottom.
1¿ in. (2.8 cm.) high, box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

P R O V E N AN C E
HK$50,000-70,000 US$6,500-9,000 Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
P R O V E N AN C E These miniature jade figures are known as weng zhong, named
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991 after Ruan Wenzhong, a mythical giant who helped the preceeding
Qin Empire defend its borders. Such jade figures were believed
This very rare carving is known as a sinan pei, or ‘compass to be worn as talisman to ward off evil spirts. A similar miniature
pendant’, shaped after an ancient Chinese compass with a metal jade figure was discovered from an Eastern Han tomb in Hanjiang
spoon on a plate known as sinan. A very similarly shaped white Ganquan in Yangzhou city, illustrated in The Complete Collection
jade pendant was found in an Eastern Han tomb in Hanjiang of Jades Unearthed in China- 7 – Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, 2005,
Ganquan in Yangzhou city, illustrated in The Complete Collection p. 159.
of Jades Unearthed in China- 7 – Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, 2005,
p. 153.
東漢 玉翁仲四件

東漢 白玉司南珮
來源
來源 德馨書屋舊藏，1991年購於台北
德馨書屋舊藏，1991年購於台北
江蘇揚州市邗江甘泉東漢墓2號墓出土一件相似的玉翁仲，
著錄於《中國出土玉器全集 -7- 江蘇、上海》，北京，2005年，
白玉質，呈「工」字形方柱狀，頂部雕一根勺子，下面有小柱，因形似 頁159。
古代測方向儀器「司南」而名為「司南珮」。江蘇揚州市邗江甘泉東
漢墓2號墓出土一件造型相似的白玉司南珮，著錄於《中國出土玉器
全集 -7- 江蘇、上海》，北京，2005年，頁153。

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